external door

starlinggirl · Post by **starlinggirl** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:11 am

I have had my external doors replaced by the developers who built my house under the terms of the NHBC guarantee. One door has been replaced 6 times and the other 5!! These are the doors into my house, I live in a one sided house, entry from the front. Both doors, one into lounge (5) and front door (6) do not fit. The last fitting of the front door, prompted the developd to replace the draght excluder. But I can still see daylight at the edge, where it meets the frame. I am at my wits end with the developer, and I just dont know what to do! Can anyone help me please?

I should say the lounge door (5) doesnt fit either but they refused to replace that one, and the NHBC feel its within acceptable limits.

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 3:52 pm

Sorry but without pictures its hard to comment

carhartt kid · Post by **carhartt kid** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 6:28 pm

So the front doors has gaps, is it UPVC or wooden? When you say the internal doesn't fit. Do you mean its too tight or too loose??

starlinggirl · Post by **starlinggirl** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 9:06 pm

carhartt kid wrote:So the front doors has gaps, is it UPVC or wooden? When you say the internal doesn't fit. Do you mean its too tight or too loose??

the gaps are where the door meets the frame at the top and bottom. It would probably be impossible to show pictures, but its a hardwood door with two glass panels

fin · Post by **fin** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:00 am

do you mean that say the top of the door is touching the frame but the bottom of the door (on the same side) has a gap to the frame?

carhartt kid · Post by **carhartt kid** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:17 pm

It really would be easier to diagnose the problems with some pictures!

However in the meantime, I've found in the past, sealing up an external door can be easy if you use a combination of draft strips. Lorient to a comprehensive range and can be bought all over the country.

I use a 1000 series batwing seal inside my frames. And combination of perimeter seals depending on how air tight the building has to be. But the batwings are brilliant!

http://www.lorientuk.com/products/integ ... ral-seals/

Tryanything · Post by **Tryanything** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 6:41 pm

Are you talking about the gaps indicated on the drawing ?

marc1106 · Post by **marc1106** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 11:20 pm

starlingirl you wrote,
"But I can still see daylight at the edge, where it meets the frame."
This sounds to me like theres no stops fitted to the frame.